The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (Gollancz S.F.)

<p>In the overcrowded world and cramped space colonies of the late 21st<br> century, tedium can be endured through the use of the drug Can-D, which<br> enables the user to inhabit a shared illusory world. When industrialist<br> Palmer Eldritch returns from an interstellar trip, he brings with him a new<br> drug, Chew-Z, which is far more potent than Can-D, but threatens to<br> plunge the world into a permanent state of drugged illusion controlled by<br> the mysterious Eldritch.</p>